olla

See also: ollá and õlla

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish olla, from Latin ōlla, aulla; akin to Sanskrit उखा (ukhā, “pot”), and probably also Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌽𐍃 (auhns, “oven”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒlə/, /ˈɔjə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒlə

Noun

olla (plural ollas)

1. A cooking-pot or earthenware jar used in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.
   • 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy; 1), New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →ISBN:

     On top of the counter were three clay jars or ollas. Two of them were empty but the third was covered with the tin lid from a lardpail and the lid was notched to accommodate the handle of an enameled tin dipper.

2. A pot used for cooling water by evaporation in Latin America.
3. (agriculture) An unglazed earthenware pot, buried to provide slow steady irrigation.
   • 2019 March 1, Mary Kathryn Dunston, “Archived copy”, in Farmer's Almanac‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 September 2020:

     An olla (which literally means “pot”) is a round, unglazed terra cotta clay pot with a long neck that you fill with water and bury next to your plants. It irrigates in the ground.

4. (Ancient Rome) A cinerary urn.

Further reading

• olla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• olla (Roman pot) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• 'allo, -alol, Lola, allo, allo-, lalo

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin ōlla (“cooking pot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoʎa/
• Syllabification: o‧lla
• Rhymes: -oʎa

Noun

olla f (plural ollas)

1. pot

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “olla”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ōlla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɔ.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɔ.ʎa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

olla f (plural olles)

1. cooking-pot
2. stew, casserole
3. pool (in a watercourse)

   Synonym: gorg

Derived terms

• olla de cocció lenta
• olla de pressió
• olla de vapor
• ollada
• ollal
• ollam
• oller
• plats-i-olles

Further reading

• “olla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Estonian

Verb

olla

1. Da-infinitive of olema.

Finnish

Etymology

Most forms derive from Proto-Finnic *oldak (compare Estonian olema), from Proto-Uralic *wole- / *ole- (compare Moksha улемс (ulems), Eastern Mari улаш (ulaš), Udmurt вань (vań), Northern Khanty вөԓты (wøłty), Hungarian van, volt, and possibly Tundra Nenets ӈэсь (ŋesʹ°)); see the Proto-Uralic entry for more. The forms on and ovat are irregular, with cognates found throughout Finnic, including Karelian on, Livonian um, Veps om, Votic on, Võro om/um and ommaq/ummaq. on derives from earlier *om, probably from an earlier *oma; ovat in turn is originally from this form with the plural suffix -t attached, and has only later been reanalyzed as containing the standard third-person plural ending -vat. *wole- / *ole- could further be a frequentative derived from a monosyllabic root *wo- / *o-, with this root also emerging in another derivative: oma (“own”). However, the alternative is to posit an irregular loss of -l- in the third-person forms due to it being such a common function word.

The potential forms (lie-) derive from Proto-Finnic *leedäk (compare Karelian lienöy, Livonian līdõ, Veps lindä), from *le- (“to become”) (compare Northern Sami leat, Erzya левкс (levks), Eastern Mari лияш (ĺijaš), Komi-Zyrian лоны (lony), Hungarian lenni/lesz), probably from earlier Proto-Uralic *lewɜ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈolːɑˣ/, [ˈo̞lːɑ̝(ʔ)]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -olːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ol‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): ol‧la

Verb

olla

1. (copulative) to be (indicating that the subject and the complement of the verb form the same thing, or that the complement describes the subject)

   Olen onnellinen. ― I am happy.

   Minä olen lääkäri. ― I am a doctor.

   Olen kamalassa kunnossa. ― I'm in an awful shape.

   Peitto on puuvillaa. ― The blanket is (made of) cotton.

   Kilometri on tuhat metriä. ― A/one kilometre is a thousand metres.

   Täällä on hyvä olla. ― It's nice (being) here.

   Kenen kirja tämä on? ― Whose book is this?

   Tämä kirje on sinulle. ― This letter is for you.

2. (intransitive) to be (occupy a place, possibly abstractly for an action)

   olla kalassa ― to be fishing

   Minä olen kotona. ― I am (at) home.

3. (copulative) to be, constitute, make up, form

   Tuo on maanpetos. ― That constitutes (high) treason.

4. (intransitive, impersonal + adessive) to have; to own, to possess

   Synonyms: (to own) omistaa, (discouraged in most cases) omata

   Minulla on kissa. ― I have a cat.

   Minulla on ollut kissa. ― I have had a cat.

   Minulla ei ole kissaa. ― I don't have a cat.

5. (intransitive, impersonal + inessive) to have, to possess (as a feature or capability, as opposed to simple possession; almost always for inanimate subjects)

   Tässä autossa on kaikki lisävarusteet. ― This car has all the accessories.

6. (intransitive, impersonal + adessive or + genitive) to have (a sensation)

   Minulla on nälkä. / Minun on nälkä. ― I am hungry. (literally, “I have hunger.”)

7. (intransitive, impersonal) (there) be

   Pöydällä on kissa. ― There is a cat on the table.

   Pöydällä ei ole kissaa. ― There is no cat on the table.

   Pöydällä on kissoja. ― There are (some) cats on the table.

   Pöydällä ei ole kissoja. ― There are no cats on the table.

   Lattialla on rahaa. ― There is (some) money on the floor.

   1. (intransitive) synonym of olla olemassa (“to exist”)

      Ei rakkautta ole. ― Love doesn't exist.

8. (intransitive) to behave, act (as if...) (followed by a essive plural form of a present active participle with a possessive suffix, a long first infinitive (most often with some verbs), or a subordinate clause beginning with (ikään,) kuin, requiring conditional mood)

   Hän oli (ikään), kuin ei olisi huomannut mitään.

   Hän ei ollut huomaavinaan mitään. ― He behaved as if he hadn't noticed anything.

   Hän ei ollut tietääkseen asiasta. ― He acted as if he didn't know anything about the matter.

9. (auxiliary) to have (used together with a past participle to build perfect and pluperfect tenses)

   Olen jo syönyt tänään. ― I have already eaten today.

   Olemme jo syöneet tänään. ― We have already eaten today.

   Olin jo syönyt. ― I had already eaten.

   Olimme jo syöneet. ― We had already eaten.

   Aamiainen oli jo syöty. ― Breakfast had already been eaten.

10. (auxiliary, literary) used together with a present participle to build the present and past prospective tenses.
    • 1933/1938, Pyhä Raamattu [The Holy Bible], Helsinki: Suomen Pipliaseura, Evankeliumi Johanneksen mukaan (John) 8:32:

      ja te tulette tuntemaan totuuden, ja totuus on tekevä teidät vapaiksi.

      Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

      (literally, “and you will know the truth, and the truth is to set you free.”)

11. (intransitive, impersonal + genitive) to have to, must; be obliged/forced to [with nominative of present passive participle ‘to do’]

    Minun on nyt mentävä. ― I have to go now.

    Minun on palautettava kirja kirjastoon perjantaihin mennessä. ― I have to return the book to the library by Friday.

    Kirja on palautettava kirjastoon perjantaihin mennessä. (passive) ― The book has to be returned to the library by Friday.

    Onko sinut hiljennettävä pakolla? ― Do I have to make you shut your mouth? (literally, “Do you have to be quietened by force?”)

12. (impersonal + elative) to result in (with inanimate, abstract objects) [with partitive]

    Siitä ei ole (mitään) hyötyä.

    It won't do any good. / It's pointless. / It won't help anything.

    (literally, “Out of it is not (any) benefit.”)

    Sinusta ei ole apua.

    You're not helping.

13. (impersonal + elative) to be suited for, be capable of, be made for, be cut out for [with illative or (to be) translative or (with verbs) illative of third infinitive]

    Ei hänestä ole johtajaksi.

    (S)he isn't suited to be a leader.

    Minusta ei ole siihen.

    I can't do it. / I'm not cut out for it.

    Kenestä olisi korvaamaan hänet?

    Who could replace him/her?

14. (intransitive) to behave (properly) (e.g. of children)
15. (transitive, usually atelic) to play a children's game

    Synonym: leikkiä

    • 2013, “Halihippa”, Tea Hiilloste (lyrics), performed by Tea:

      Sä ja mä ollaan halihippaa,
      yks ja kaks, toinen meistä karkaa...

      You and I are playing hug tag,
      one and two, one of us runs away...

Usage notes

• (to have): In this sense, the verb olla is always in the third-person singular form, and the possessor is indicated with the adessive case. Grammatically speaking, the thing owned is the subject complement of the sentence:

  minulla on... ― I have..., sinulla on... ― you have..., hänellä on... ― he/she has...

  meillä on... ― we have..., teillä on... ― you have..., heillä on... ― they have...

  sillä on... ― it has...

  Lassilla on... ― Lassi has...

  kaupungin terveyslautakunnalla on... ― the municipal health board has...

  • The same applies through all tenses, infinitives and participles (where they make sense), e.g.

    minulla ei olisi ollut... ― I would not have had...

    minulla rupeaa olemaan... ― I am beginning to have...

• The meaning "there be" is rarely used without adverbials (such as those describing a location); it is more common to use olla olemassa in such cases.
• In questions asking to remind one of something, olla is quite often in the past tense even for ongoing actions (like in English):

  Kuka hän olikaan?

  Who was she again?

• For infinitive and participle constructs using olla, see Appendix:Finnish verb forms § Infinitives and Appendix:Finnish participles § Participle constructs.
• The perfect and pluperfect tenses use olla as an auxiliary; the main verb is inflected in the (nominative of the) past active or passive participle, depending on whether the active or passive voice is used.
  • In the active voice, when the person is in the plural, the participle form is inflected in the plural. In other cases, the singular number is used.
    • In the second-person singular polite, the auxiliary olla is in the second-person plural (olette, etc.), while the participle is in the singular, e.g. olette tehnyt for second-person singular polite, olette tehneet for second-person plural.
  • The person and mood are marked in the auxiliary olla.
  • The passive voice is properly only marked in the main verb, not the auxiliary olla. In colloquial Finnish, the passive voice is quite often also marked in the auxiliary; this is the so-called kaksoispassiivi (“double passive”), which is considered grammatically incorrect in Standard Finnish.

Conjugation

Inflection of olla (Kotus type 67/tulla and 64/juoda, no gradation)
indicative mood
present tense				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		olen	en ole	1st sing.	olen ollut	en ole ollut
2nd sing.		olet	et ole	2nd sing.	olet ollut	et ole ollut
3rd sing.		on	ei ole	3rd sing.	on ollut	ei ole ollut
1st plur.		olemme	emme ole	1st plur.	olemme olleet	emme ole olleet
2nd plur.		olette	ette ole	2nd plur.	olette olleet	ette ole olleet
3rd plur.		ovat	eivät ole	3rd plur.	ovat olleet	eivät ole olleet
passive		ollaan	ei olla	passive	on oltu	ei ole oltu
past tense				pluperfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		olin	en ollut	1st sing.	olin ollut	en ollut ollut
2nd sing.		olit	et ollut	2nd sing.	olit ollut	et ollut ollut
3rd sing.		oli	ei ollut	3rd sing.	oli ollut	ei ollut ollut
1st plur.		olimme	emme olleet	1st plur.	olimme olleet	emme olleet olleet
2nd plur.		olitte	ette olleet	2nd plur.	olitte olleet	ette olleet olleet
3rd plur.		olivat	eivät olleet	3rd plur.	olivat olleet	eivät olleet olleet
passive		oltiin	ei oltu	passive	oli oltu	ei ollut oltu
conditional mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		olisin	en olisi	1st sing.	olisin ollut	en olisi ollut
2nd sing.		olisit	et olisi	2nd sing.	olisit ollut	et olisi ollut
3rd sing.		olisi	ei olisi	3rd sing.	olisi ollut	ei olisi ollut
1st plur.		olisimme	emme olisi	1st plur.	olisimme olleet	emme olisi olleet
2nd plur.		olisitte	ette olisi	2nd plur.	olisitte olleet	ette olisi olleet
3rd plur.		olisivat	eivät olisi	3rd plur.	olisivat olleet	eivät olisi olleet
passive		oltaisiin	ei oltaisi	passive	olisi oltu	ei olisi oltu
imperative mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		—	—	1st sing.	—	—
2nd sing.		ole	älä ole	2nd sing.	—	—
3rd sing.		olkoon	älköön olko	3rd sing.	olkoon ollut	älköön olko ollut
1st plur.		olkaamme	älkäämme olko	1st plur.	—	—
2nd plur.		olkaa	älkää olko	2nd plur.	—	—
3rd plur.		olkoot	älkööt olko	3rd plur.	olkoot olleet	älkööt olko olleet
passive		oltakoon	älköön oltako	passive	olkoon oltu	älköön olko oltu
potential mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		lienen	en liene	1st sing.	lienen ollut	en liene ollut
2nd sing.		lienet	et liene	2nd sing.	lienet ollut	et liene ollut
3rd sing.		lienee	ei liene	3rd sing.	lienee ollut	ei liene ollut
1st plur.		lienemme	emme liene	1st plur.	lienemme olleet	emme liene olleet
2nd plur.		lienette	ette liene	2nd plur.	lienette olleet	ette liene olleet
3rd plur.		lienevät	eivät liene	3rd plur.	lienevät olleet	eivät liene olleet
passive		oltaneen	ei oltane	passive	lienee oltu	ei liene oltu
Nominal forms
infinitives				participles
		active	passive		active	passive
1st		olla		present	oleva	oltava
long 1st1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st ollakseni ollaksemme 2nd ollaksesi ollaksenne 3rd ollakseen ollaksensa		past	ollut	oltu
2nd	inessive2	ollessa	oltaessa	agent4	olema
		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st ollessani ollessamme 2nd ollessasi ollessanne 3rd ollessaan ollessansa		negative	olematon
	instructive	ollen	—	1) Used only with a possessive suffix. 2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). 3) Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details). 4) Usually with a possessive suffix. May not be used with all verbs, especially intransitive ones (more details). Distinct from nouns with the -ma suffix and third infinitive forms.
3rd	inessive	olemassa	—
	elative	olemasta	—
	illative	olemaan	—
	adessive	olemalla	—
	abessive	olematta	—
	instructive	oleman	oltaman
4th3	verbal noun	oleminen
5th1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st olemaisillani olemaisillamme 2nd olemaisillasi olemaisillanne 3rd olemaisillaan olemaisillansa

Colloquially, the present stem ole- may be replaced with oo-, and uniquely for olla, the conditional stem olisi- with oisi-:

Colloquial forms

Standard forms are shown before the colloquial forms for reference.

Description	Standard	Colloquial
1st sing. present indicative	olen	oon
2nd sing. present indicative	olet	oot
1st plur. present indicative *	olemme	oomme
2nd plur. present indicative	olette	ootte
present indicative connegative 2nd sing. imperative	ole	oo
1st sing. present conditional	olisin	oisin
2nd sing. present conditional	olisit	oisit
3rd sing. present conditional and connegative	olisi	ois, oisi
1st plur. present conditional	olisimme	oisimme
2nd plur. present conditional	olisitte	oisitte
Regularly derivable colloquial forms (e.g. through omission of final consonants) are not listed.

Derived terms

adjectives

• oleellinen
• olematon
• olennainen
• oleva

adverbs

• olleti

nouns

• oleminen
• olemus
• olento
• olija
• olio
• olo
• oltavat

phrases

• oli miten oli

verbs

• oleentua
• (frequentative) oleilla
• oleksia
• (frequentative) oleskella
• (causative) olettaa
• (reflexive) oleutua
• olla määrä
• olla pakko
• olla sanomista

compounds

• läsnäollessa
• olemassaoleva
• olemassaolo
• olinpaikka

Collocations

Collocations

• olla (vähällä) (+ first infinitive) ― to almost/nearly (do something accidental, harmful, wrong or fateful)

  Olin (vähällä) kaatua lattialle. ― I almost fell on the floor.

• olla + [essive plural form of an active present participle] + [possessive suffix] ― to be supposed to do, pretend to do, put on airs of doing, affect

  Mikä tämä on olevinaan? (speaker belittling the object in front of them) ― What is this supposed to be?

  Olit olevinasi niin täydellinen. ― You pretended to be so damn perfect.

• olla + [inessive or adessive of the passive present participle] ― to be -ible/-able (the choice of inessive/adessive depends on the verb; inessive is generally more common, while adessive is more often used with certain verbs)

  Henkilö ei ole tavoitettavissa juuri nyt.

  The person is not available right now.

• olla + [inessive of the third infinitive] ― to be doing
• olla + [abessive of the third infinitive] ― to not do

  Miten voisin olla nauramatta?

  How could I not laugh?

• olla + [fifth infinitive] + [possessive suffix] ― to be about to do (when something happens preventing it)

  Olin lähtemäisilläni ulos, kun puhelin soi. ― I was about to go out when the phone rang.

• olla + [long first infinitive] + [possessive suffix] ― to be to do something (often implying that one is resigning to fate)

  Hän lähtee, jos on lähteäkseen. ― He'll leave if he is (fated) to leave.

• olkoon menneeksi ― (okay,...) why not, go ahead, fine, (colloquial) what the hell
• olkoonkin(, että...) ― never mind (that...)
• [genitive] + olisi parasta + [first infinitive] ― had better

  Sinun olisi parasta olla hiljaa. ― You had better be silent.

• olla kunnossa ― to be in shape; to be in order

  Olen kunnossa. ― I'm alright.

  Olen hyvässä kunnossa. ― I'm in a good shape.

  Olen kamalassa kunnossa. ― I'm in an awful shape.

Further reading

• “olla”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Galician

Verb

olla

1. inflection of ollar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔlːa/
• Rhymes: -ɔlːa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English ollie.

Verb

olla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ollaði, supine ollað)

1. (skateboarding) to ollie, perform an ollie

Conjugation

olla – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að olla
supine sagnbót		ollað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		ollandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	olla	ollaði		olli	ollaði
	þú	ollar	ollaðir		ollir	ollaðir
	hann, hún, það	ollar	ollaði		olli	ollaði
plural	við	ollum	olluðum		ollum	olluðum
	þið	ollið	olluðuð		ollið	olluðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	olla	olluðu		olli	olluðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	olla (þú), ollaðu
plural	þið	ollið (þið), olliði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

olla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative olli, supine ollað)

1. to cause

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Ingrian

Etymology

Suppletive:

• Most forms starting with o- derive from Proto-Finnic *oldak.
• The forms on, ono and ovat are related to oma (“own”).
• Forms starting with l- derive from Proto-Finnic *leedäk.

Cognates include Finnish olla (potential lienen) and Estonian olla.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈolːɑ/, [ˈo̞ɫː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈolːɑ/, [ˈo̞ɫːɑ]
• Rhymes: -olː, -olːɑ
• Hyphenation: ol‧la

Verb

olla

1. (copulative) to be

   Miä oon laps. ― I am a child.

   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 20:

     Ivo ono Levon veli.

     Ivo is Levo's brother.

   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa) [Geography: textbook for Ingrian elementary school third grade (first part)], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Mittaisivat mitälee plaanua mööt, reknaisiit ja sanoivat, etti linnaa saa ono neljä kilometraa i yli tunnin, melkeen, möö leenemmä kois.

     They measured something along the map, counted and said, that it's four kilometers to the city and in an hour, approximately, we would be home.

   • 1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 91:

     Niku lumi miä oon valkia

     I am as white as snow.

2. (transitive + elative) to consist of

   Ihmiin on ruumeest ja hengest. ― A human consists of a body and a soul.

   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova, Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Pintamaanalus voip olla erilaisist maaporodist: savest, liivast, kalkist ja muist.

     The subsoil can consist of various soil types: clay, sand, limestone and other.

3. (transitive, verb in third person, subject in adessive) to have

   Miul ono vene. ― I have a boat.

   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 22:

     Simal ono suma. Siso ompeli suman.

     Sima has a bag. Siso sewed the bag.

   • 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 26:

     Meil ono tänäpäivänä ekskurssia.

     We have an excursion today.

   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva:

     Mikä aika vootta teil ono?

     How old are you?

     (literally, “How many years do you have?”)

4. (auxiliary, + past active participle) Used to form the perfect tense of verbs; have, be

   Miä kenenkää en oo tappant! ― I haven't killed anybody!

Usage notes

• The verb olla, unlike other verbs, uses its potential mood to indicate the future tense:

  Hoomeen miä leenen kois. ― Tomorrow I will be home.

  Konslee miul leenöö koti. ― Someday, I will have a house.

Conjugation

Conjugation of olla (irregular)
Indikativa
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	oon	en oo	1st singular	oon olt, ollut	en oo olt, ollut
2nd singular	oot	et oo	2nd singular	oot olt, ollut	et oo olt, ollut
3rd singular	ono, on	ei oo	3rd singular	ono olt, ollut	ei oo olt, ollut
1st plural	oomma	emmä oo	1st plural	oomma olleet	emmä oo olleet
2nd plural	ootta	että oo	2nd plural	ootta olleet	että oo olleet
3rd plural	ovat, ollaa	evät oo, ei olla	3rd plural	ovat olleet	evät oo olleet, ei oo oltu
impersonal	ollaa	ei olla	impersonal	ono oltu	ei oo oltu
Imperfekta			Pluskvamperfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	olin	en olt, ollut	1st singular	olin olt, ollut	en olt olt, ollut
2nd singular	olit	et olt, ollut	2nd singular	olit olt, ollut	et olt olt, ollut
3rd singular	oli	ei olt, ollut	3rd singular	oli olt, ollut	ei olt olt, ollut
1st plural	olimma	emmä olleet	1st plural	olimma olleet	emmä olleet olleet
2nd plural	olitta	että olleet	2nd plural	olitta olleet	että olleet olleet
3rd plural	olliit, olivat, oltii	evät olleet, ei oltu	3rd plural	olivat olleet	evät olleet olleet, ei olt oltu
impersonal	oltii	ei oltu	impersonal	oli oltu	ei olt oltu
Konditsionala
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	olisin	en olis	1st singular	olisin olt, ollut	en olis olt, ollut
2nd singular	olisit	et olis	2nd singular	olisit olt, ollut	et olis olt, ollut
3rd singular	olis	ei olis	3rd singular	olis olt, ollut	ei olis olt, ollut
1st plural	olisimma	emmä olis	1st plural	olisimma olleet	emmä olis olleet
2nd plural	olisitta	että olis	2nd plural	olisitta olleet	että olis olleet
3rd plural	olisiit, olisivat, oltais	evät olis, ei oltais	3rd plural	olisivat olleet	evät olis olleet, ei olis oltu
impersonal	oltais	ei oltais	impersonal	olis oltu	ei olis oltu
Imperativa
Preesens			Perfekta
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	—	—	1st singular	—	—
2nd singular	oo	elä oo	2nd singular	oo olt, ollut	elä oo olt, ollut
3rd singular	olkoo	elköö olko	3rd singular	olkoo olt, ollut	elköö olko olt, ollut
1st plural	—	—	1st plural	—	—
2nd plural	olkaa	elkää olko	2nd plural	olkaa olleet	elkää olko olleet
3rd plural	olkoot	elkööt olko, elköö oltako	3rd plural	olkoot olleet	elkööt olko olleet, elköö olko oltu
impersonal	oltakoo	elköö oltako	impersonal	olkoo oltu	elköö olko oltu
Potentsiala
Preesens
	positive	negative
1st singular	leenen	en leene
2nd singular	leenet	et leene
3rd singular	leenöö, lee	ei leene
1st plural	leenemmä	emmä leene
2nd plural	leenettä	että leene
3rd plural	leenööt	evät leene, ei oltane
impersonal	oltanöö	ei oltane
Nominal forms
Infinitivat			Partisipat
				active	passive
1st		olla	present	oleva	oltava
2nd	inessive	ollees	past	olt, ollut	oltu
	instructive	ollen	*) For the imperative, the 2nd plural (olkaa) may be used for the 3rd person as well. **) The interrogative is formed by adding the suffix -k (-ka?/-kä?) to the indicative. ***) The deliberative is formed by adding the suffix -k (-ka?/-kä?) or -kse to either the indicative or the potential ****) In folk poetry, a long first infinitive can be formed by adding the suffix -kse, followed by possessive suffixes, to the first infinitive. Note that sometimes gemination may be undone by this addition.
3rd	illative	olemaa
	inessive	olemaas
	elative	olemast
	abessive	olemata
4th	nominative	olemiin
	partitive	olemista, olemist

Derived terms

• olo

See also

• noissa

References

• V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 122
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 361
• Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014), Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[4], →ISBN, page 16

Irish

Alternative forms

• olna (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɔl̪ˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɞl̪ˠə/

Noun

olla f

1. genitive singular of olann (“wool”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of olla

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
olla	n-olla	holla	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ōlla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɔlla
• Hyphenation: òl‧la

Noun

olla f (plural olle)

1. earthen jar
2. cooking pot

Anagrams

• allo

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *oldak, from Proto-Uralic *wole-.

Verb

olla

1. to be

Latin

Etymology 1

From earlier aula. Perhaps from Proto-Italic *aukslā (see auxilla), from Proto-Indo-European *Hukʷ-sleh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *Hukʷ- (“cooking pot”), of possible substrate origin. Compare Sanskrit उखा (ukhā), Albanian anë, Ancient Greek ἰπνός (ipnós), Proto-Germanic *uhnaz, *uhwnaz, and subsequently Old Norse and Old English ofn (whence English oven).

Alternative forms

• aula, aulla, ōla

Pronunciation

• ōlla:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈoːl.la]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔl.la]
• ōllā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈoːl.laː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔl.la]

Noun

ōlla f (genitive ōllae); first declension

1. pot, jar

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ōlla	ōllae
genitive	ōllae	ōllārum
dative	ōllae	ōllīs
accusative	ōllam	ōllās
ablative	ōllā	ōllīs
vocative	ōlla	ōllae

Derived terms

• ōllārius
• ōllicula
• ōllula, aulula

Related terms

• aululārius
• auxilla

Descendants

• Aromanian: oalã, ole
• Catalan: olla
• Friulian: ole
• Old French: ole, uele
  • French: olle, oullière
• Galician: ola
• Italian: olla
• Occitan: ola
• Romanian: oală
• Spanish: olla
  • → Portuguese: olha

Noun

ōllā

1. ablative singular of ōlla

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• olla:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔl.la]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔl.la]
• ollā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔl.laː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔl.la]

Determiner

olla

1. inflection of olle:
   1. nominative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative neuter plural

Pronoun

olla

1. inflection of olle:
   1. nominative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative neuter plural

Determiner

ollā

1. ablative feminine singular of olle

Pronoun

ollā

1. ablative feminine singular of olle

References

• “olla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “olla”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "2. OLLA", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “1 olla”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,077/1”
• “olla”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “olla”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• “olla (ōla)” on page 1,246/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Livvi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *oldak. Cognates include Finnish olla and Karelian olla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈolːɑ/
• Hyphenation: ol‧la

Verb

olla

1. (copulative) to be

   Varoi on lindu. ― A crow is a bird.

2. (intransitive) to be, to exist

   Sie on perti. ― Over there is a cottage.

3. (transitive, impersonal, subject in adessive) to have

   Minul on kniigu. ― I have a book.

References

• N. Gilojeva; S. Rudakova (2009), Karjalan kielen Livvin murdehen algukursu [Beginners' course of Karelian language's Livvi dialect]‎^[5] (in Livvi), Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 11
• Tatjana Boiko (2019), Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 192

Meänkieli

Etymology

Inherited from Finnish olla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /olːa/

Verb

olla

1. to be

   Mie olen sähkömies. ― I am a electrician.

Conjugation

Conjugation of olla

	Present tense
	Standard		Negated
	Full form	Contracted
1st sing.	olen	molen	en ole
2nd sing.	olet	solet	et ole
3rd sing.	oon, on	soon, son	ei ole
1st plur.	olema	molema	emmä, emma ole
2nd plur.	oletta	toletta	että, etta ole
3rd plur.	oon, on	noon, non	ei ole
	Past tense
	Standard		Negated
1st sing.	olin		en ollu
2nd sing.	olit		et ollu
3rd sing.	oli		ei ollu
1st plur.	olima		emmä, emma olheet
2nd plur.	olitta		että, etta olheet
3rd plur.	olit		ei olheet

Middle Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈol̪ə/

Noun

olla f

1. genitive singular of olann (“wool”)

Mutation

Mutation of olla

radical	lenition	nasalization
olla (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-olla

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Dutch

Adjective

olla

1. nominative plural of al

Old Norse

Verb

olla

1. first-person singular past indicative active of valda

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ōllam, accusative singular of ōlla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoʎa/

Noun

olla f (plural ollas)

1. pot
   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 17r. a:

     Qvãdo ſeyemos ſobre las ollas de la carne & comyemos pã afartura.

     When we sat by the pots of meat and ate bread until we were satiated.

Descendants

• Spanish: olla

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish olla, from Latin ōlla, from Proto-Italic *aukslā, from Proto-Indo-European *Hukʷsleh₂, Proto-Indo-European *Hukʷ- (“cooking pot”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈoʝa/ [ˈo.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /ˈoʝa/ [ˈo.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /ˈoʎa/ [ˈo.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ˈoʃa/ [ˈo.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈoʒa/ [ˈo.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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• Rhymes: -oʝa

• Rhymes: -oʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -oʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -oʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: o‧lla
• Homophone: (ll-y neutralization) hoya

Noun

olla f (plural ollas)

1. pot, pan; kettle (vessel used for cooking food)
2. stew (dish cooked by stewing)

   Synonyms: guisado, guiso, cocido, estofado

3. pool, whirlpool

   Synonyms: remolino, vorágine

Derived terms

• cabeza de olla
• café de olla
• comerse la olla
• donde tengas la olla no metas la polla
• en olla
• irse la olla
• olla a presión, olla de presión
• olla de carne
• olla de cocción lenta (“slow cooker”)
• olla de fuego
• olla de grillos
• olla de vapor (“steamer”) (Spain, Mexico)
• olla eléctrica (“crockpot”)
• olla express
• olla podrida
• ollón
• tomaollas (“potholder”) (Chile)
• tumbo de olla

Related terms

• ollería
• ollero

Further reading

• “olla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• Lalo, Lola

Swedish

Etymology

From ollon (“glans penis”) +‎ -a.

Verb

olla (present ollar, preterite ollade, supine ollat, imperative olla)

1. (slang, vulgar) to touch with one's glans (tip of the penis)

   Han ollade min tandborste på fyllan

   He touched my toothbrush with his penis when he was drunk

Conjugation

Conjugation of olla (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	olla		ollas
supine	ollat		ollats
imperative	olla		—
imper. plural1	ollen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	ollar	ollade	ollas	ollades
ind. plural1	olla	ollade	ollas	ollades
subjunctive2	olle	ollade	olles	ollades
present participle		ollande
past participle		ollad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• snigla

References

• Slangopedia
• Fula Ordboken

Anagrams

• Lola